Clinical trial · Interventional
Investigating the Effects of a Psycho-educational Support Group Therapy on Cancer Caregivers' Burden and Quality of Life
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a study to determine the effectiveness of a Group Therapy that provides psycho-education and support for caregivers of cancer patients. Caregivers must be between 21 and 64 years of age and be willing to attend a one-hour a week program for four weeks. The sessions will be in English, and a set of questionnaires (demographic data, some information about your family member with cancer, and scales: Caregiver Quality of Life-Cancer Scale (CQOLC), Perceived Stress Scale and the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)) will be completed at the start, at 4 weeks, at 8 weeks and at 12 weeks. Some participants placed on a wait-list to start the Group Therapy 4 weeks later will also complete the set of questionnaires at this point. A Feedback and Satisfaction Questionnaire will be completed at the end of the 4 week program. In addition, at the end of the 4 week program, some participants will go through a 15-minute interview.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Effect of a Psycho-education Support Group Therapy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psycho-educational support group therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Psycho-educational support group therapy
- description
- 4 week psycho-educational support group focusing on topics specific to psychosocial and emotional aspects of the cancer caregiving role
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Psycho-educational support group therapy
Primary outcomes (9)
- measure
- Caregiver Quality of Life Index - Cancer
- timeFrame
- 4 weeks
- measure
- Perceived Stress Scale
- timeFrame
- 4 weeks
- measure
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
- Maximum age
- 64 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 21 to 64 years of age * Willingness to attend a 1-hour program every week for 4 weeks * Able to understand and speak basic English * Able to understand and complete self-report questionnaires with minimal assistance * Be the primary adult family member who provides care and support for the patient and lives together with the patient Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 21 years of age, or 65 years of age and older * Unable to understand and speak basic English * Unable to understand and complete self-report questionnaires with minimal assistance
References
Publications (4)
- BACKGROUNDStenberg U, Ruland CM, Miaskowski C. Review of the literature on the effects of caring for a patient with cancer. Psychooncology. 2010 Oct;19(10):1013-25. doi: 10.1002/pon.1670. PMID 20014159
- BACKGROUNDSoothill K, Morris SM, Harman JC, Francis B, Thomas C, McIllmurray MB. Informal carers of cancer patients: what are their unmet psychosocial needs? Health Soc Care Community. 2001 Nov;9(6):464-75. doi: 10.1046/j.0966-0410.2001.00326.x. PMID 11846826
- DERIVEDMahendran R, Lim HA, Tan JY, Ng HY, Chua J, Lim SE, Kua EH, Griva K. Evaluation of a brief pilot psychoeducational support group intervention for family caregivers of cancer patients: a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Jan 23;15(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0595-y. PMID 28114962
- DERIVEDMahendran R, Tan JY, Griva K, Lim HA, Ng HY, Chua J, Lim SE, Kua EH. A pilot, quasi-experimental, mixed methods investigation into the efficacy of a group psychotherapy intervention for caregivers of outpatients with cancer: the COPE study protocol. BMJ Open. 2015 Nov 19;5(11):e008527. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008527. PMID 26586322